Protecting Cam Newton

[Mr. Scot]

On WFNZ, Nick Wilson was talking about what Ron Rivera will do regarding Cam Newton in the next four games.

Specifically, Wilson wants to know whether Rivera will "protect Newton from himself" if the shoulder is a risk.

He asserted that if this is the case, and Rivera doesn't sit him down, he should absolutely be fired.

(granted, there are arguments for that already, but hey...)

So the question: Do we believe that Rivera would sit Newton down in order to protect him from further damage to his shoulder?

[TheRed]

Nope.

But he'll sure bench him over a f*cking tie.

[KillerKat]

Rivera is the reason his shoulder is fuged in the first place. Cam has not only carried Rivera's ass his whole tenure, Rivera broke him. Then Rivera has the audacity to throw Cam under the bus after games or bench him over a fuging tie. When we're mathematically out, Cam should be rested, but I don't think Rivera will do that. fug that guy. I'm over him. 

[mc52beast]

Sitting Newton is basically saying we lose the remainder of our games... which means there is zero chance Tepper keeps Ron another year.

Im going to say Ron wants Cam to play whether he’s injured or not, his job depends on it

[SpeedOFLight]

I honestly don’t think he would. He is going to continue to ride Cam. In his mind, at least with Cam out there, hurt or not, still gives us the best chance to win.  If Cam is indeed hurt, I wouldn’t mind Tepper stepping in and demanding Cam to be sat down and let our backup get some reps. No need to further damage our franchise QB

[Waldo]

No, he will not protect Cam. Keeping Shula, allowing Cam to carry the Offense on his legs for years, lack of adjustments when Cam is getting slammed in a game, waiting to allow Cam to get surgery way past the end of the season....Cam is going to take a brutal beating if someone doesn't step in and sit him this year.

[mwright350]

I don't.  I think he'll leave Cam out there until his arm falls off to try to do well enough to save his own (already lost, I hope) job.

Granted I don't know if the shoulder is at risk for a long term injury / significant further damage but if it is and Cam's still playing given our snowball's chance in hell of making anything out of the rest of this season he should be tarred and feathered, not just fired.

[Carl Spackler]

As confident as I am that we'll lose out, I'm TEN TIMES more confident that Rivera won't rest Cam for a second.

[X-Clown]

No, Rivera will let Cam be the scapegoat - he's already thrown him under the bus after the Detroit game. Rivera will beg Tepper in the offseason to get another quarterback and insist that it's not his fault that Cam is banged up, in an attempt to save his own hide.

 

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

Im going to say Ron wants Cam to play whether he’s injured or not, his job depends on it

That's kinda the crux of the issue for me.

If the doctors say his shoulder is fine, no problem.

If the doctors say his shoulder is bad, you sit him.

If the doctors say his shoulder is somewhat okay, but it's risky to keep him out there, you sit him.

Scenario number three is the one that worries me the most. I'm especially worried because Cam is one of those players that won't come out of the game, even if he should.

[GoobyPls]

Ron won’t sit Cam. His job is on the line and he knows this team has gotten hot late in the season in the past.

[MechaZain]

Endangering Cam even when it's unnecessary has been the MO since the beginning. Finishing strong might be Rivera's only shot at staying so I definitely don't see that changing.

 

 

[LinvilleGorge]

We already know the answer to this. Ron played Cam with a known turn rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder when we were already eliminated from the playoffs... and he should've been fired for it. I'll never forgive Gettleman or the medical staff for letting it happen either. Someone should've stepped in and put a stop to that insanity.

[hepcat]

Rivera would keep Newton out there even if he was in a body bag